Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week.

In a letter Thursday to the Justice Department's inspector general, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the internal watchdog to undertake a formal review to check for any "chain of custody" problems with the Epstein files.

Speaking with CBS News, representatives of some Epstein survivors have also asked for a third-party review to check if any record has been "scrubbed, softened, or quietly removed before the public sees it."

Under a federal law signed by President Trump last month, the Trump

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